MHE-Demag recently supplied maintenance and repair cranes for a vast underground cavern at the Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Project. The company secured a contract to supply two units of 150t/25t/5t [...]
Sotiris Kanaris speaks to Richard Carr, CEO and MD of Mechan, about the company’s focus on the niche railway market. Mechan started manufacturing jib cranes and other lifting equipment in 1969 at it[...]
Jaso Industrial Cranes has recently supplied cranes to two projects in the railway sector in its domestic Spanish market. Talgo, a leading company in the design, manufacture and maintenance of railway[...]
A 704t unit was lifted by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division, as part of a project to build an aircraft carrier. The unit was lifted into Dry Dock 12 at Newport, Virgi[...]
Pelloby supplied a bespoke two-tonne overhead crane to Ricoh’s toner bottle production line in Telford, UK. Ricoh UK Products, a production subsidiary of Japan’s Ricoh Company, manufactures a rang[...]
German crane manufacturer Vetter Krantechnik has delivered its biggest slewing jib crane to the TAIF Oil Company refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, for container handling. The crane has a foundation mea[...]
An Indonesian manufacturer of pre-stressed concrete beams has installed 16 CXT overhead cranes from Konecranes to optimise production at its plant in Surabaya. PT Waskita Beton Precast (WSBP) has a ta[...]
Demand for hoists and rigging equipment in the entertainment and hospitality sectors is buoyant. Sally Spencer reports Suppliers of hoists and rigging equipment into the entertainment sector have been[...]
Manual lifting equipment is increasingly being designed to improve ergonomics and assist the operator, thereby enhancing efficiency, precision, and safety. Daniel Searle reports. Technology to assist [...]
At one of the leading waste-to-energy plants in the world, at Gothenburg in Sweden, the cranes have been fitted with ICRAS anti-sway systems to increase productivity. Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants use [...]